All Stories from August 1, 2013 (Change date)
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Google-funded sea research vessel sets sailAug 01, 2013 3:39 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — A $60 million research ship funded by a Google executive was scheduled to set sail from San Francisco on Thursday, on its way to study a “dead zone” in t...
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Man repays insurance money with 4 tons of coinsAug 01, 2013 3:38 pm - ST. LOUIS — An Illinois businessman outraged by a court order that he return more than $500,000 in insurance money related to a 2001 wreck that killed his teenage son wa...
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Texas prison system running out of execution drugAug 01, 2013 3:37 pm - HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The nation’s most active death penalty state is running out of its execution drug. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Thursday that its re...
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Fire damages Aurora grocery storeAug 01, 2013 3:16 pm - Aurora firefighters were working Thursday to determine what sparked a Wednesday night fire that caused an estimated $150,000 damage to a grocery store, authorities said....
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U-46 teacher travels the globe to enhance her lessonsAug 01, 2013 3:15 pm - Chris LaRue has helped grade Advanced Placement exams for the College Board for more than a decade. During a marathon grading session years ago, she heard other teachers...
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Reid to senators: ‘Sit down and shut up’Aug 01, 2013 3:13 pm - WASHINGTON — Tempers and frustrations are flaring in Congress on the eve of its August recess. “Have senators sit down and shut up, OK,” Majority Leader Harry Reid said ...
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Baby boy born on subway platform in D.C.Aug 01, 2013 3:12 pm - WASHINGTON — A woman who gave birth to a baby boy on a Metro platform in downtown Washington is getting $100 in subway or bus fare. Shavonnte Taylor received a handwritt...
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‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ gathers an epic castAug 01, 2013 3:03 pm - “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” — G.I. Joe is an action figure created by the Hasbro toy company more than 50 years ago. Director Jon. M. Chu has given us a film with explosions...
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New theater performances highlight annual art showAug 01, 2013 3:03 pm - Inspiration can come from anywhere and Cathleen Ann of Palatine got hers after her friend Taryn Hettlinger-Parise recently complained about the lack of girls toys that w...
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Green stain still shows on Lincoln MemorialAug 01, 2013 3:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Three areas of the Lincoln Memorial statue still show faint signs of staining after a vandal splattered green paint at the site last week, National Park Ser...